China historically had periods when speculative fiction, including science fiction, was restricted, but in recent decades the genre has become more open. A tech podcaster who attended one of the first sci‑fi conventions in China said he asked why the restrictions were lifted. The answer he received was that it was partly to encourage imaginative thinking, giving creators a speculative space that can inspire real‑world innovation.
Stories like Star Trek and Star Wars have long inspired technology; William Shatner even wrote about this in I’m Working on That: A Trek From Science Fiction to Science Fact.
For AI-themed stories specifically (where Ai and humans actuary talk together like LLMs) there are some notable LitRPG books:
Polyglot: NPC ReEvolution by Rae Nantes
Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm (The Viridian Gate Archives) by James A. Hunter
China historically had periods when speculative fiction, including science fiction, was restricted, but in recent decades the genre has become more open. A tech podcaster who attended one of the first sci‑fi conventions in China said he asked why the restrictions were lifted. The answer he received was that it was partly to encourage imaginative thinking, giving creators a speculative space that can inspire real‑world innovation.
Stories like Star Trek and Star Wars have long inspired technology; William Shatner even wrote about this in I’m Working on That: A Trek From Science Fiction to Science Fact.
For AI-themed stories specifically (where Ai and humans actuary talk together like LLMs) there are some notable LitRPG books:
Polyglot: NPC ReEvolution by Rae Nantes
Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm (The Viridian Gate Archives) by James A. Hunter
Ascend Online by Luke Chmilenko